corto

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Asturian

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Verb

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corto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cortar

Galician

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Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese corto, curto, from Latin curtus.

Alternative forms

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Adjective

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corto (feminine corta, masculine plural cortos, feminine plural cortas)

  1. short (length)

Etymology 2

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Verb

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corto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cortar

Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin curtus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkor.to/
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  • Rhymes: -orto
  • Hyphenation: cór‧to

Adjective

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corto (feminine corta, masculine plural corti, feminine plural corte, superlative cortissimo)

  1. short
    Antonym: lungo
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Noun

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corto m (plural corti)

  1. Abbreviation of cortometraggio.

Anagrams

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -ɔɾtu, (Brazil) -ɔʁtu
  • Hyphenation: cor‧to

Verb

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corto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cortar

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkoɾto/ [ˈkoɾ.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -oɾto
  • Syllabification: cor‧to
The Cafe Central Coffee plaque, Calle Santa Maria, off Plaza de la Constitucion, Malaga

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin curtus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-. Cognate with English curt.

The coffee was named by don José Prado Crespo, the founder of Café Central in Malaga. Tired of the difficulty of understanding the orders of customers, he created a plaque on the tiled wall listing 10 types of coffee by their coffee and milk content.

Adjective

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corto (feminine corta, masculine plural cortos, feminine plural cortas)

  1. short (having a small distance from one end to another)
    Antonym: largo
  2. short (having little duration)
    Synonym: breve
    Antonym: largo
  3. (colloquial) dim-witted, slow
    Synonym: cortito
  4. cut
    Synonym: cortado
  5. (Andalusia, Malaga) A type of coffee made out of roughly 80% milk and 30% coffee

Noun

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corto m (plural cortos)

  1. (Andalusia, Malaga) A type of coffee made out of roughly 80% milk and 30% coffee
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Shortening of cortometraje.

Noun

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corto m (plural cortos)

  1. short (short film)

Etymology 3

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Shortening of cortocircuito.

Noun

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corto m (plural cortos)

  1. short (short circuit)

Etymology 4

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Noun

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corto m (plural cortos)

  1. (Chile) a glass of pure liquor

Etymology 5

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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corto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cortar

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